Paweł Śpiewak (17 April 1951 – 30 March 2023) was a Polish sociologist,łŚ historian, author and politician. He was the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

Biography

Paweł Śpiewak was a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw University. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19 Warsaw district, running as a candidate with the Civic Platform list. He did not seek reelection in 2007.

Paweł Śpiewak

Śpiewak was a Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.

Paweł Śpiewak

In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Paweł Śpiewak

Śpiewak was the son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908–1967).

Śpiewak died on 30 March 2023, at the age of 71.

See also

Members of Polish Sejm 2005–2007

References

External links

Paweł Śpiewak - parliamentary page - includes declarations of interest, voting record, and transcripts of speeches.

1951 births

2023 deaths

Members of the Polish Sejm 2005–2007

Civic Platform politicians

20th-century Polish Jews

21st-century Polish Jews

21st-century Polish people

Polish sociologists

Academic staff of the University of Warsaw

Academic staff of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Fellows of Collegium Invisibile

Politicians from Warsaw